Well-bucket fixture



(No Model.)

WELL BUCKET FIXTURE.

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SAMUEL T. ATKIN AND OLIVERSTEELE, OF GEORGETOVN, TEXAS. v

WELL-BUCKET FIXTURE.

.al'-CTFLLCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,626= dated September 21, 1826.

Serial No. 204,753. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL T. A'riirnand OLrvEeSrEELE, citizens of the United States of Anl erica, residing at Georgetown., in the county of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vell-Bneket Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the'accoinpanyin drawings.

This invention pertains to Well-bucket X tures; and its objectis to provide for the ready opening ofthe valve for entrance into the bucket of water or other duid, and the closing of the same when the said bucket has been suffi ciently u supplied; also securely to hold the parts together as against loosening in consequence of frequent usage; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination,and arrangement of the parts. substantially as hereinafter fullyv shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the valve opened. Fig. 3 is a plan view; and Fig. 4 is a crossscctional view on the line a: x, Fig. l.

In carrying out our invention We provide a sheet-metal cylinder or barrel, A, of suitable length, which, at its upper end, is provided withl atop, B. Said top consists of an annular ring provided with a lianged portion, a, for fitting within and around said cylinder or barrel, and a cross-bar, b, integral therewith, which cross-bar at itswidened or central portion has an aperture formed therein for the pu rpose hereinafter explained.

G is an annular bottom, also provided with a anged portion for securely retaining the saine in position with the lower end of the cylinder or barrel, to which it is seeiued by solder, as also the annular ring forming the top B. This annular bottom is provided with two semieircular openings or apertures, b', near the center thereof, a suitable portion or space, b"', being left'in said bottoni between said openings or apertures, and to the upper side of said portion or space is rigidly secured thereto, at about its center, one end of an approximately oblong connecting-bar, b3, which bar is apertured at its center near the upper end thereof.

D is the valve, which consists, preferably, of two parts or portions, the upper part or portion being made of metal and the lower part or portion of sheet rubber or packing. The valve D is designed to rest on the inner surface of the annular bottom. and extend at each endV slightl y beyond the sides of each` seiuieireular opening, or aperture b of said bottoni.. This valve is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening through which the connecting-bar b3 is passed, said connecti ng-bar serving as a guide for the valve.

The val ve l) is apertured at about the center of that portion thereof immediately over the openings or apertures b', for passage therethrough of the screw-threaded ends of an approximately U -shape clip, E, the ends of which, after having been passed through the said apertures of the valve, are provided with nuts for seeiuely retaining the ends of said clip in position with the valve. Through the apertures formed in the connecting-bar b is passed the hooked end of a connecting-rod, F, which screw-threaded on its upper end, and on. said end of the rod F is passed the horizontal crossbar of a bail or rope loop,7 which ba-r is provided on its under surface with a Hanged portion for insertion in the aperture formed in the center of the cross-bar b, and aftersaid bail or rope loop is placed in position the nut d is screwed on the end of said rod, thus securely retaining' the saine in position. From this it will be seen that by tightening the screw d on the connecting-rod F the top B, bottoni C, and the cylinder or barrel A will all be securely held in position, and that by the use of the said connecting-rod very little solder is required to secure said parts together.

In operation the suspending rope or chain is connected to fthe bail or rope lloop and the normal position of the valve D is that shown in Fig. 1. lVhen the well-bucketis lowered into the well or eistern, the U shaped clip (which we term the valve-opener7 will, upon striking against any surface, cause the valve to open and permit ingress or passage of the water through the seinicircular openings or apertures of the annular bottom C, and when a sufficient quantity oi' water or other fluid (as the case may be) is obtained in the cylinder or barrel the saidvalve will close by gravity, an d be thus held by the weight of the water contained in said cylinder or barrel.

Having thus fully described our invention,

Whatwe claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The herein-described Well-bucket, coin.- prising the cylinder or barrel, the zmged top provided with im :Lpertured cross-bnr, the annular bottom having seinicireular apertures, the :ipertured connecting-bar, the hooked oonneeting-i'od, the bail or rope loop, the vulve and the valve opener, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the Cylinder o1' barrel, the top having an. apertured cross-bai' :tud the apertured bottom, ot' the hooked counecting-rod, the apertmed conneotingbar, :md the bail or rope loop, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the (cylinder o1l barrel, the top secured thereto, and the aperl tured bottom, of the valve,- the valve-opener,

the eo11neeting-rod having one end provided with a hook and the other end with a Screwthread, the apeitlu-ed connecting-bnr, the bail or rope loop, and the nut fitted ou said conneoti11grod, substantially as shown and described.

4. The eonibinzttiongvith the barrel or cylinder, and the valve and its opener, of the annular bottom having Seinieireular openings or apertures, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures 3 in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL T. ATKIN. OLVER STEELE. VitnesseS:

OLIVER V. STEELE, lV. F. CASEY. 

